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Commercial & industrial · Electroluminescence

The damage that has not shown up yet.

Current is driven through the array so the cells emit infrared. Microcracks and inactive cell regions become visible: damage that is invisible to both visual and thermal inspection.

Book a 15-min call What you get
Cell-levelCrack detection
Pre-thermalBefore a heat signature
WarrantyWhile claims are live
PairedWith thermal

Why a second method

Thermal finds what is losing you money today. EL finds what will lose you money next year, while it is still a warranty claim.

1

Transport and handling

Microcracks from shipping and installation that have not yet developed a hot spot.

2

Hail and weather

Impact damage that looks fine from above and fails later.

3

Degradation

Inactive cell regions and potential-induced degradation, caught early.

What you get back

Cell-level evidence you can file against a warranty.

Imagery

  • Electroluminescence imagery of the array
  • Cell-level cracking and inactive regions shown
  • Paired with thermal where both are run

Findings

  • Affected modules classified and located
  • Evidence formatted for warranty claims
  • Comparison against the commissioning baseline

How it works

1

Plan

Scheduled with the array de-energised for the sweep.

2

Capture

Current driven through the strings, cells imaged in infrared.

3

Report

Cracks and inactive regions located to the module.

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Every module at module resolution

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Aerial thermal and EL across the array

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